COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONUp the Creek is mashed at a low temperature to increase the amount of fermentable sugars while reducing residual sweetness. This creates a hoppy behemoth of a beer with its alcohol well hidden. UTC is designed to be dangerously drinkable, so use caution or you’ll find yourself Up the Creek!

12oz bottle of beer I have access to, but got in a shitty trade on HBT!!! Pours a dark brownish/Amber color with a finger of creamy tan head. Aroma of nasty malty expired IPA and rotted citrus. No bottled on date, but this smells expired and gross. Taste of sweet malty caramel, bitter rotted citrus, tons of booziness, and toffee in the finish. Drain pour!!

Bottle. Dark amber almost brown. Aroma of caramel and plums. Flavor is heavy sweet syrupy malts. Just as you think its going to finish all boozy on you you get some helpful hop bitterness and piney and resinous hops. You can tell this is a big beer but the 12.5 tastes more like 9.0. Stronger than it needs to be. I think by any traditional definition this would be an american strong ale and not hoppy enough to be a double IPA.

Whoa baby, this is a hot beer. Pours deep amber with a quick white head and a relatively subdued nose. Despite the 100+ IBU, this is not a hop bomb, though it is certainly not holding back on them and falls into that category. The story here is the rich, slightly sugary malt and the tremendous presence of alcohol. It’s something, though I’m not entirely sure what, though overall I like it.

Bottle shared by Dr Silverworm. Poured clear brown color with an average frothy off-white head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Moderate toasted sweet malt aroma. Medium body with smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium to heavy sweet flavor with a medium to heavy sweet finish of moderate duration.This is a soft beer.

12 oz bottle shared by DrSilverworm. Pours a dark amber, copper color with a thin off white film. The aroma and flavor have sweet caramel malts and not much else, a very light bitterness to the finish, this is closer to an English barley wine than a DIPA.

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